UPDATE: Kiryas Joel FBI Raid Focused on Sex Abuse Allegations

UPDATE—Friday, May 13, 2016, 4:35 p.m.: The Journal News has learned that the federal probe that led to a raid Thursday in Kiryas Joel in Orange County concerns child abuse allegations.

Two search warrants, one for the United Talmudical Academy school buildings and the other at a trailer housing the village’s public safety department, were executed Thursday by FBI agents, the Journal News said.

A video, taken with a camera hidden in the ceiling of the principal's office, is alleged to show a child in between a man's legs and the man is stroking the child's face and kissing him.

For the complete Journal News article, go here.

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Original story:

KIRYAS JOEL, NY - Classes were back in session Friday in Kiryas Joel, the Orange County community that was the scene Thursday of an FBI raid.

FIOS1News.com said that no arrests were made and that there is no information whether the raid had anything to do with the surfacing of a video supposedly showing a principal in close contact with a student.

FBI agents raided multiple locations, including a building that houses offices associated with the United Talmudical Academy, and removed boxes and bags of evidence, News12.com said.

The raids happened just a couple of days after academy's Board of Directors defended the principal’s behavior.

For the complete FIOS1News.com article and a video report, go here. The News12.com report can be seen here.